Sigh. Now that the King of Pop/Rock/Soul is dead, everybody wants to ride his glittery coattails. Harper’s Bazaar‘s so-called tribute to Michael Jackson is not only late but terribly terribly executed. I mean really, who’d they get to put this one together, someone from the National Enquirer??? It’s clear that no thought whatsoever was...
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I saw Erykah Badu talking about Kidrobot at theGrio.com today. Then by chance or synchronicity I came across it again, while reading one of my favorite fashion blogs, Lauren’s Style Blog. Apparently, I need to know about this. Founded by designer Paul Budnitz in 2002, Kidrobot is the world’s premier designer and retailer of...
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The Teen Choice Awards took place somewhere in LaLa land (or nearby) over the weekend and while I haven’t the slightest idea what the awards are and who won them (nor to I care to know), I certainly took pleasure in the red carpet viewing. Here are the Cult’s picks for best dressed, in...
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Solange and Beyonce Knowles were seen promoting Samantha Thavasa this weekend, and the resulting pics drummed up a topic we at the Cult examine with regularity: Sex vs. Style. It’s the ever present dichotomy of fashion, often separated by a line as thin as Kate Moss and androgynous as Tilda Swinton. Occasionally, however, the...
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Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester appears in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The article “ages” the young starlet to suppose what she might look like in her 30s, 40s, and 50s. The styling is simply, but chic – and age appropiate… I guess. Oddly, at 29 I would wear any of these ensembles. See...
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Naomi Sims, the legendary Sixties model who broke racial barriers, died in Newark on Saturday. She was 61. The cause of death was cancer, according to Alexander Erwiah, the model’s brother-in-law. Sims was one of the first African-Americans to become a major name in modeling, making history as the first black model to grace...
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Last Spring I attended the Atlanta Fashion and Style Honors – an event designed to recognize the sartorial movers and shakers in the Atlanta metro area. The event left much to be desired, but I appreciated that there’s a core group of people attempting to raise southeast’s style profile. So when I was invited...
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Say what you will about her music, Rihanna’s style is tough to beat. Whether her look is the work of some genius stylist or the authentic vision of the performer herself, the Barbados-born singer is firmly at the top of the fashion food chain – at least in the celeb world. Accordingly, Rihanna has...
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